A top-down view of an experimental thorium-based nuclear reactor from the 1960s. (Photo: Oak Ridge National Laboratory, US Department of Energy) The sands of India are brimming with potential to fuel ...

Imagine stumbling upon an energy source so phenomenal it could power an entire country for 60,000 years. Sounds like ...

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The thorium reserves could power the country for 60,000 years, reshaping the global energy landscape. Thorium is 500 times more abundant than uranium and generates 200 times more energy ...

China could be sitting on top of enough thorium to power its energy needs almost forever, a national survey has revealed. This one radioactive metal alone could revolutionise global energy ...

India's nuclear power plant in Kudankulam was breached by North Korean hackers looking for information on thorium-based reactors — an alternative to using uranium. India is currently the leader ...

China may have discovered a nearly limitless energy source capable of sustaining the country for tens of thousands of years. A newly declassified geological survey suggests that China's thorium ...

Thorium is a silver-coloured metal named after ... Last year, China approved the construction of the world’s first TMSR power plant in the Gobi Desert. This pilot project with a capacity to ...